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Appendix H
Pages 155-161

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From page 155...
... CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CERES Clouds and Earth' s Radiant Energy System CERN Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Nucleaires (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) CFZF Commercial Float Zone Furnace 155
From page 156...
... DSN Deep Space Network DSRI Danish Space Research Institute ECF European Coordinating Facility EGS EOS Ground System ELDO European Launcher Development Organization ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle ENVISAT Environmental Satellite EOAC Earth Observation Advisory Committee EO-ICWG Earth Observation International Coordination Working Group EOIM Evaluation of Oxygen Interaction with Materials EOPP Earth Observation Preparatory Programme EOS Earth Observing System EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EOSAT Earth Observing Satellite Company EPS European Physical Society EROS Earth Resource Observation Satellite ERS European Remote Sensing (satellite) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
From page 157...
... Grazing Incidence Solar Telescope Gamma-Ray Observatory German Research Satellite Goddard Space Flight Center Guide Star Occultation Prediction Utility Hydrological and Atmospheric Pilot Experiment in the Sahel Heat Capacity Mapping Mission High Energy Astronomical Observatory Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite High Resolution Imager (on ROSAT) Hubble Space Telescope Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
From page 158...
... IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer IUS Interim Upper Stage JEM-X Joint European X-Ray Monitor (on INTEGRAL) JERS Japanese Earth Resources Satellite JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSWT Joint Science Working Team JWG Joint Working Group LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite LANS Astronomical Netherlands Satellite LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility LEGOS Laboratoire en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale LMS Life and Microgravity Spacelab LMScAAC Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee LST Large Space Telescope MAHRSI Middle Atmosphere High-Resolution Spectrograph Investigation MAROTS Maritime Communications Satellite Program MAU Million accounting units MAUS Materialwissenschaftliche Autonome Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit MEA Materials Experiment Assembly MEPHISTO Materiel pour ['Etude des Phenomenes Interessant de la Solidification sur Terre et en Orbit MESUR Mars Environmental Survey METEOSAT European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite METOP Meteorological Operational Satellite MFC Microgravity Facility for Columbus
From page 159...
... Principal investigator Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center Polar Orbit Earth Observation Mission Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Polar Orbiting Platform Element Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (U.K.) Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment Programme de Developpement d' Experiences Scientifiques [Science Experiment Development Programme]
From page 160...
... STScI Space Telescope Science Institute STSP Solar Terrestrial Science Program SURGE Seasat Users Research Group of Europe SWT Science working team TD Thor Delta TEKES Technology Development Centre (Finland) TEMPUS Electromagnetic Containerless Processing Facility TIROS Television Infrared Observing Satellite TM Thematic Mapper TOGA Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Program TOPEX (Ocean)
From page 161...
... World Ocean Circulation Experiment World Weather Watch X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission X-Ray Telescope (on ROSAT) X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Extreme ultraviolet


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